The Failure of Weimar
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... on was a perfect democratic instrument but with constitutional weaknesses like proportional representation and Article 48, extremist parties like the Nazis and communists were able to utilize these flaws to their advantage. By 1930, democracy ended. Arthur Rosenberg described the formation of Bruning´s government as ' the beginning of the end of German democracy´. Bruning´s methods of deflationary economic policy were highly unpopular amongst the public. Evidence was soon shown when Bruning foolishly called for a general election in September 1930. The public had cast their votes towards the extreme parties, in particular the Nazis who advanced from the 12 seats they had won in 1928 to 107. They were now the second largest party in the Reichstag and clearly had to be included in all future political calcu ...
